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Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

Well I guess everyone has read all the reviews. No real reason to post bench marks, look around everywhere.

Overall I am very impressed with the platform. The Chip, the MSI B350, M.2! Feel-wise the system seems the same as main computer listed in the specification. The chip was more, the motherboard was cheaper. MSI does a very nice job with their motherboards these days. Live update is indispensable for a new platform.

Two items I would point out is the MSI board takes about 25seconds till it posts to Bios/UFEI, windows is almost instant load after that with the fast M.2.

Memory is a little funky, running at 2400, I can't seem to get it to run higher. I think the boards bios still needs a little work in this regard. I can get the chip to run at 4.0 ghz with slight voltage bump on the stock cooler which is quite nice BTW. Running 60d with OCCP linpac, fan barely heard.

All and all a very nice build and maybe like the old days we have some learning to do. AMD/MSI have done a very nice job IMO.

Oh and one point on gaming, this build has a 980GTX, it runs clean and at 2560 x 1440 smoother in most things than my sig build with the same monitor. Hopefully all the sites will add a mess of reviews with this sort of information. Should have a poll to see who still games at 1080p, I certainly don't.

Last edited by undersea; 03-04-2017 at 12:08 PM.

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Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

Originally Posted by undersea

I went the Tomcat board for $79.99 after instant rebate, $424.08 with 3.5% tax

Huh, I though the 3.5% tax thing was gone now

Not a bad rig for the money, glad its working out for you so far. TBH I wasn't super impressed by the release in the sense that it was a drop-dead "must buy". Its a very very nice improvement from AMD, but if it came down to it I think I'd still just buy the 7700K

Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

Originally Posted by Activate: AMD

Huh, I though the 3.5% tax thing was gone now

Not a bad rig for the money, glad its working out for you so far. TBH I wasn't super impressed by the release in the sense that it was a drop-dead "must buy". Its a very very nice improvement from AMD, but if it came down to it I think I'd still just buy the 7700K

If I was in the market I would probably by intel unless it was for work right now, my main uses are internet and gaming at home. I will build a 4 or 6 core rig for my tv pc when they come out. I recently bought an dell workstation for work and it cost 2500, maybe dell or hp might make some workstations that are affordable, time will tell.

"Angels on the sideline, Puzzled and amused.
Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they’re all confused."

Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

Im eyeing the 6 core ryzen CPU when it comes out but Im waiting for reviews and benchmarks first though. I have a very good gaming system in my mancave with a 5960x cpu and a 980ti running a 27" 1440p Gsync monitor which i also use for my job running software for accident reconstruction. I do want a gaming pc in my recroom and have it robust enough i can use it for my home office as a backup which is why i am looking for a 6 core cpu instead of just a quad.

So my end goal is upgrade my gpu to a 1080Ti in my home office as my main gaming pc, build my backup recroom gaming system with the 6 core Ryzen CPU and swap my 980Ti into that system. Its nice sitting in my lazyboy and playing Fallout 4 or ESO with my steam controller

Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

Originally Posted by Crazycanukk

Im eyeing the 6 core ryzen CPU when it comes out but Im waiting for reviews and benchmarks first though. I have a very good gaming system in my mancave with a 5960x cpu and a 980ti running a 27" 1440p Gsync monitor which i also use for my job running software for accident reconstruction. I do want a gaming pc in my recroom and have it robust enough i can use it for my home office as a backup which is why i am looking for a 6 core cpu instead of just a quad.

So my end goal is upgrade my gpu to a 1080Ti in my home office as my main gaming pc, build my backup recroom gaming system with the 6 core Ryzen CPU and swap my 980Ti into that system. Its nice sitting in my lazyboy and playing Fallout 4 or ESO with my steam controller

Sounds nice, I sold this rig so I'm looking for pretty much the same build as you when they are released for myself!

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Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they’re all confused."

Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

I have two Ryzen processors, a 1700X and a 1800X but no motherboards to put them in. I pre-ordered two Asus Prime X370 Pro's and not even an estimate of when they will come in stock. I can't wait to try AMD again!

Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

Originally Posted by Dok

I have two Ryzen processors, a 1700X and a 1800X but no motherboards to put them in. I pre-ordered two Asus Prime X370 Pro's and not even an estimate of when they will come in stock. I can't wait to try AMD again!

Nice! Maybe they will have Bios issues solved by the time you get them

"Angels on the sideline, Puzzled and amused.
Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they’re all confused."

Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

I'm intrigued by this cpu, but sadly right now, plans are to upgrade my i4770 system to 32GB's of ram, get a different videocard, and a PCI Express SSD, as my current system is doing just fine for gaming. I'm actually glad when I built my current system, that I got the ASUS Z87 Deluxe motherboard.
If I were to build one, I would get the Ryzen 1800X or whatever it is called, and an ASUS motherboard.

Re: Ryzen - What is your planned build?

I'm building the first system, a 1800X and Asus Prime x370 Pro. It's definitely finicky with the memory. Runs fine at 2133mhz but won't post at higher speeds. I got spoiled with years of Intel builds that just worked, this will be fun!